Multi charged particle beam writing method, and multi charged particle beam writing apparatus

US8969837B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8969837-B2
Application numberUS-201414297030-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 5, 2014
Priority dateJun 10, 2013
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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A multi charged particle beam writing method includes dividing a maximum irradiation time per a shot into a digit number of first irradiation time periods, each of which is calculated by multiplying a corresponding second gray scale value by the quantization unit, where second gray scale values are gray scale values defined in decimal numbers converted from each digit value of data of binary numbers; dividing second irradiation time periods, which are a part of the first irradiation time periods into third irradiation time periods; dividing irradiation of each beam into the first irradiation steps of the third irradiation time periods and second irradiation steps of the remaining undivided first irradiation time periods; and irradiating a target object, in order, with the multi beams such that the groups are respectively composed of combination of at least two irradiation steps of first irradiation steps and second irradiation steps and the groups continue in order.

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What is claimed is: 1. A multi charged particle beam writing method comprising: converting, for each shot of beams of multiple charged particle beams, a respective first gray scale value of each beam of the multiple charged particle beams, which is obtained by dividing an individual irradiation time period of the each beam by a quantization unit, into respective data of binary numbers of a predetermined digit number set in advance; dividing a maximum irradiation time period per…

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What does patent US8969837B2 cover?
A multi charged particle beam writing method includes dividing a maximum irradiation time per a shot into a digit number of first irradiation time periods, each of which is calculated by multiplying a corresponding second gray scale value by the quantization unit, where second gray scale values are gray scale values defined in decimal numbers converted from each digit value of data of binary nu…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nuflare Technology Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01J37/3177. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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